Balcı, Bor


Balcı is a village in Bor district of Niğde Province, Turkey. At it is situated in the southern slopes of Melendiz Mountain. Distance to Bor is to Niğde is. The population of Balcı is 777 as of 2011. The village was founded in the Middle Ages by a rebellious commander of Karamanoğlu Beylik in a remote valley of the mountain. But In 1940s the village was relocated following an earthquake. Main economic activities of the village are agriculture and beehiving. . Cerelas, sugar beet and fodder are the crops of the village.